The Drone Services Fix Kit
Built for drone service operators.
Drone operators search what to charge and whether insurance is needed. The money leaks around the flight itself: quotes that ignore editing and travel, footage handed over with full rights for a one-time fee, weather days nobody pays for, a lapsed recurrent or registration that grounds a paying job, gear wearing out with nothing set aside, and invoices paid late. I wrote this kit so you can check each one against your own jobs and records.
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The 8 leaks it covers
6 you can close it · 1 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Quotes that price flight time and ignore everything elseWhere to look first: Pick your last five jobs. For each, write down every hour: client calls, airspace check and flight planning, travel, setup, flight, data offload, editing or processing, revisions, delivery.Keep it from coming back: Log hours by task on every job.You can close it
- Footage handed over with full rights for a one-time feeWhere to look first: Check your last five contracts or invoices. Did they say who owns the footage and how the client can use it?Keep it from coming back: Never deliver without the license line on the invoice.You can close it
- Weather and airspace cancellations nobody pays forWhere to look first: Count the jobs in the last year that were rescheduled for wind, rain or airspace, and the hours you spent on each before cancelling.Keep it from coming back: Send the policy with every quote.You can close it
- Recurrent training lapsed, so a paying job can't legally flyWhere to look first: Find the date you passed your Part 107 test or last completed recurrent training.Keep it from coming back: Check currency before you quote any job.You can close it
- Drone registration expired or missing for one aircraftWhere to look first: List every drone you fly for work, with serial number.Keep it from coming back: Add a new drone to the list and register it the day it arrives.You can close it
- Insurance gaps found only when a client asks for a certificateWhere to look first: Find your current policy. Write down liability limits, whether hull damage to the drone is covered, and whether payload cameras are covered.Keep it from coming back: Review coverage once a year and before any large commercial job.You can close it
- Gear wearing out with nothing set aside, and self-employment tax ignoredWhere to look first: List your drones, batteries, controllers and cameras with purchase date and cost.Keep it from coming back: Add every new piece of gear to the list with its receipt.A pro decides
- Invoices paid late with no terms on paperWhere to look first: List unpaid invoices with amount, date sent and due date.Keep it from coming back: Send the invoice the day you deliver previews.The other side owes it
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 8 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Quotes that price flight time and ignore everything else
You can close it- Pick your last five jobs. For each, write down every hour: client calls, airspace check and flight planning, travel, setup, flight, data offload, editing or processing, revisions, delivery.
- Add travel costs and any software or cloud processing fees.
- Divide what you were paid by total hours, not flight hours (CALCULATED: fee / total hours).
- Compare across job types: real estate, roof inspection, mapping, events. Find which ones pay the most per real hour.
- Build your next quote from total hours. There's no published benchmark here; your own job log is the benchmark.
Your part: Log every hour on five jobs, then quote from the real total.
Line items for your next quote: Planning and airspace authorization: [HOURS] Travel: [MILES / HOURS] On-site flight and setup: [HOURS] Processing and editing: [HOURS] Revisions included: [NUMBER] Delivery format: [FORMAT] Usage license: [TERMS]
Log hours by task on every job.
What this kit can't decide for you: We never tell you what to charge.
That's 1 of 8. The other 7 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When drone service operators go looking for answers, they search things like “drone business”, “drone photography pricing”, “part 107 drone insurance” and “drone services rates”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 8 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Quotes that price flight time and ignore everything else: where do I start?
Start here: Pick your last five jobs. For each, write down every hour: client calls, airspace check and flight planning, travel, setup, flight, data offload, editing or processing, revisions, delivery. To keep it from coming back: Log hours by task on every job.
Footage handed over with full rights for a one-time fee: where do I start?
Start here: Check your last five contracts or invoices. Did they say who owns the footage and how the client can use it? To keep it from coming back: Never deliver without the license line on the invoice.
Weather and airspace cancellations nobody pays for: where do I start?
Start here: Count the jobs in the last year that were rescheduled for wind, rain or airspace, and the hours you spent on each before cancelling. To keep it from coming back: Send the policy with every quote.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
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